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09-12-2019
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Been happy with mine so far, use it as my Windows/Game drive. As long as you are aware of it's potential limitations, it's a pretty great little drive for the price. 99% of users will not see any real world differences in performance vs TLC or other NVME drives.

will this work in my Dell inspiron 15 3584? I would like to install a larger capacity drive in it, along with more RAM.

It will fit. However you need to keep a few things in mind. If the laptop only has 1 NVMe slot, you'll have to do a fresh windows install when you change the ssd's. If there are 2 slots, then Bob's your uncle.

Reading through those post it seems like $10 for a whole lot of extra trouble

People are mostly being ridiculous. I personally have an EX920 1tb, a Sabrent Rocket 1tb, 2 inland professional 1tb as well as a few 970 Evos(2x2tb and 1x1tb). All have been rock solid reliable. Cloning to these is kind of a pain but that's it. Otherwise, you'd be fine. Still, the Intel and Crucual QLC drives do have their place on the market. However, you are trading extreme future performance drop off and longevity for a "name brand" that's known for its consistent warranty responses and $10. The fact is, filling these QLC drives beyond 70% is generally a bad idea while most other drives see their drop off at around 90%. That means you are paying $10 less for ~200GB less of usable storage at reasonable performance.

People are mostly being ridiculous. I personally have an EX920 1tb, a Sabrent Rocket 1tb, 2 inland professional 1tb as well as a few 970 Evos(2x2tb and 1x1tb). All have been rock solid reliable. Cloning to these is kind of a pain but that's it. Otherwise, you'd be fine. Still, the Intel and Crucual QLC drives do have their place on the market. However, you are trading extreme future performance drop off and longevity for a "name brand" that's known for its consistent warranty responses and $10. The fact is, filling these QLC drives beyond 70% is generally a bad idea while most other drives see their drop off at around 90%. That means you are paying $10 less for ~200GB less of usable storage at reasonable performance.

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